El Fary

Through the 1980s El Fary was the top exponent of la copla, a light, romantic taste of flamenco first popularized over fifty percent a hundred years earlier. Blessed José Luis Cantero Rada in Madrid on August 20, 1937, he spent his adolescence being a delivery guy and gardener, understanding how to browse and write throughout a stint within the armed forces. On coming back from responsibility he drove a cab, around this period beginning his documenting career with some self-financed singles marketed via the Rastro, Madrid’s well-known Sunday flea marketplace. Dubbed “Un Fary” by close friends honoring his uncanny commonalities towards the high-pitched, quavering vocals of renowned coplista Rafael Farina, Cantero was one of the music’s few professionals by the middle-’70s when he was employed being a last-minute alternative to a gig within the Andalusian city of Pozoblanco. The residency brought him an abundance of brand-new admirers, and immediately after he backed flamenco icon Antonio Molina on the two-month tour, in 1975 issuing his debut LP, Ritmo Caló. Un Fary’s biggest break implemented in 1980, when he produced his tv debut on José María Íñigo’s showcase Fiesta. His blockbuster strike “Un Toro Guapo” vaulted the vocalist to national popularity, although he liked even greater achievement as an acting professional, starring within the sitcom Menudo Sera Mi Padre. Through the past due ’90s, he also made an appearance as himself in filmmaker Santiago Segura’s film series Torrente, un Brazo Tonto de la Ley, additionally composing its theme music, “Apatrullando la Ciudad.” Simple weeks after he was identified as having lung cancer, Un Fary passed away in Madrid on June 19, 2007.